Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington |
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... President of the United States , he insisted on sincerity in all the diplomatic declarations of his public envoys . From the indications which we have of George's earliest studies , the books presented to him by his father must have ...
... President of the United States , he insisted on sincerity in all the diplomatic declarations of his public envoys . From the indications which we have of George's earliest studies , the books presented to him by his father must have ...
Page 75
... president , and approved by the council . Civil offi- cers were to be appointed by the counsel with the consent of the president . This scheme gained the approbation of all the delegates except those from Connecticut , who objected to ...
... president , and approved by the council . Civil offi- cers were to be appointed by the counsel with the consent of the president . This scheme gained the approbation of all the delegates except those from Connecticut , who objected to ...
Page 114
... president of the council , then acting as governor , the pos- ture of affairs at Winchester , and to obviate , by personal explana- tion , any doubts that might arise from the best written narrative ; with instructions to urge upon the ...
... president of the council , then acting as governor , the pos- ture of affairs at Winchester , and to obviate , by personal explana- tion , any doubts that might arise from the best written narrative ; with instructions to urge upon the ...
Page 140
... president himself ( Lord Gower ) not excepted , frequently laughed outright ; and no person belonging to the council behaved with decent gravity , except Lord North , who came in late . ' The Earl of Shelburne , who conveyed to Chatham ...
... president himself ( Lord Gower ) not excepted , frequently laughed outright ; and no person belonging to the council behaved with decent gravity , except Lord North , who came in late . ' The Earl of Shelburne , who conveyed to Chatham ...
Page 180
... president , but urgent business soon after requiring his presence at home , he was succeeded by John Hancock . * Note to Washington's Writings , by Jared Sparks , vol . ii . p . 507 . * Pitkin , vol . i . 330 . † 180 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... president , but urgent business soon after requiring his presence at home , he was succeeded by John Hancock . * Note to Washington's Writings , by Jared Sparks , vol . ii . p . 507 . * Pitkin , vol . i . 330 . † 180 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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